Is there any other way to get rid of malware besides buying anti-spyware?

Question

you've gOt to help me. it seems like someone---or something hacked my pc with virus. there are windows which keep popping-up which say that there are spywares in my pc, but actually i run my anti-spyware every week. geez, those pop-ups are so irritating! and there are many different pop-ups offering me to scan my pc or download anti-spywares. but when i do, it just scans, that's all. it doesn't help. it doesn't remove this malware thing. i know that i'm supposed to jst have to purchase but i've got to check first whether there's any other way of getting rid of these spywares malwares or whatever before i buy an anti-spyware software. my uncle forces me to do this thing instead of buying~ oh please! any answers? thanx a lot

oh i have just got rid of the threats! thank you guys... thanks a lot for your help!

Answer 1

Hello,

There is NO reason to have to BUY it. Many, many free devices out there with people to help you. So don't bother to buy the Extended Warrenty also....

Here are "some" of the people...
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/index.php?act=SF&s=&f=98

http://www.geekstogo.com/forum/index.php?&CODE=00


http://www.majorgeeks.com/


Places to find Free Anti-Malware downloads....
Try:

http://www.download.com/

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/topic405.html

Answer 2

When you say popups, are you talking about popups on the internet, or something that appears on your computer when not on the internet? Internet popups are controlled by a popup blocker - Internet Explorer's popup blocker is good, Yahoo's is good, Google's is better. Add the Google toolbar and it will save you a lot of annoyance. http://toolbar.google.com/T4/index_xp.html

As far as spyware and malware on your hard drive, if you have a spyware program, you don't have to buy anything more. You can add Ad-Aware free, which is a good malware program and run it either before or after you run your spyware. Get Ad-Aware here:
http://www.download.com/3000-2144-10045910.html

Answer 3

These are mostly freeware or you can download trial versions.

http://www.safer-networking.org/
Uber powerful tool which can search and annhilate nasties that make it onto your system. Now with an Immunize section that will help prevent future infections.

http://www.lavasoftusa.com/
Another very powerful tool which searches and kills nasties that infect your system. AdAware and Spybot Search & Destroy compliment each other very well.

http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html
Great prevention tool to keep nasties from installing on your system.

http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareguard.html
Works as a Spyware "Shield" to protect your computer from getting malware in the first place.

https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/ehowes/www/resource.htm
puts over 5000 sites in your restricted zone so you'll be protected when you visit innocent-looking sites that aren't actually innocent at all.

http://cleanup.stevengould.org/
Cleans temporary files from IE and Windows, empties the recycle bin and more. Great tool to help speed up your computer and knock out those nasties that like to reside in the temp folders.

Windows Updates - It is very important to make sure that both Internet Explorer and Windows are kept current with the latest critical security patches from Microsoft. To do this just start Internet Explorer and select Tools > Windows Update, and follow the online instructions from there.

http://toolbar.google.com/
Free google toolbar that allows you to use the powerful Google search engine from the bar, but also blocks pop up windows.

http://www.trillian.cc/ or http://www.miranda-im.com/
These are Malware free Instant Messenger programs which allow you to connect to multiple IM services in one program! (AOL, Yahoo, ICQ, IRC, MSN)

Answer 4

You can go to www.lavasoft.com and get Ad-Aware free and www.grisoft.com to get anti-virus free. Then in Safe Mode run them. Safe Mode comes up by rebooting and continually tapping F8 until you get the black and white screen and choose which mode. If you get as far as windows flag then you have gone too far and need to shut down and start comp up again. Good luck. If you want to buy a package I think CyberDefender is the best I have ever had. About 10 times as fast and catches 95% of problems.

Answer 5

There's no reason to purchase antispyware when there are some really great free ones

http://www.safer-networking.org/microsoft.en.html
http://www.lavasoft.de/ms/index.htm
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareguard.html
http://www.tenebril.com/consumer/spyware/spycatcher-express.php
http://www.kephyr.com/spywarescanner/index.html
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx

The folks at Spyware Warrior have a short list of "Trustworthy" anti-spyware products, pay them a visit before you decide on a product.
http://www.spywarewarrior.com/rogue_anti-spyware.htm#trustworthy

Answer 6

If antivirus and spyware remover software does not work, you can try to restore the computer to an older working configuration. Detailed instructions are posted at http://fixit.in/systemrestore.html

Answer 7

This site has good information on getting rid of spyware and how
to avoid future attacks. Also has list of free spyware tools to help
you remove them. Good luck.
http://www.basicspywaretips.com/spywareremovaltool.html

Answer 8

Post the name of the software they are selling, and we may have an answer. It is different for each of the different malware programs, so we need to know which one...

Answer 9

dont forget superantispyware